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Trick Question


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  • 44 weeks
    Coming Soon, Really

    I've been a bit under the weather since Trotcon, but feeling better now.

    This weekend I need to work on putting together some poni stuff for my niece (she's up here for her birthday), and my inability to do basic things makes that a bit difficult. So I may be delayed a few days on the Trotcon retro and the other long post I still really really want to share with y'all.

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  • 44 weeks
    Twilight's Enigmatic Clarification (AI ≠ LLM GAI)

    To head off any possible confusion, I've added a clarification to TEEE's story page and a note at the top of the chapter explaining that TEEE was not written using LLM generative AI (the story actually predates this technology by several years).

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  • 45 weeks
    Trotcon '23 Author Party! (Saturday)

    • Where: the Fairfield Inn just north of Dayton convention center
    • Suite: 324
    • When: Saturday Jul 8 '23
    • Time: 9:30pm to 1am
    • How: You may need to text me at 513-290-6836 to get into the hotel. If not, just head on up.
    • What: Trotcon Fimfiction author/fan party! :pinkiehappy:

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  • 45 weeks
    I will be at Trotcon. Still alive.

    I remain alive, and as of June 13th am now the number of symmetries in a cube.

    I will be at Trotcon.

    Please contact me if you're there! (Or even if not, that's okay too.) :pinkiesad2:

    I might do an author party. I'll announce it with another post. Signal boost would be useful.

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  • 51 weeks
    I am still alive and also at AnthrOhio

    Sorry for disappearing. Ironically the thing I wanna talk about is the thing that keeps me from being here at FF or getting anything done. :facehoof:

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Aug
6th
2017

More About the Face · 7:12am Aug 6th, 2017

I've updated the avatar again to make it slightly swankier (I think that's a word):


No, it is not a Hello Kitty crossbow.

I'm interested in feedback on my Patreon setup. Recently Jewel mentioned that it might be a bad idea to have the content up-in-the-air where I'm charging for a mix of multiple kinds of product instead of just horsewords, even though horsewords are the vast bulk of what I'll output.

Should it just say "Trick Question is creating stories", then? :trixieshiftright:

Also, should the pay trigger change to something more story-focused, like "10,000 horsewords, or occasional related content (games, music, art)"? Or just say "10,000 words"? The problem here is I do want to churn out other related content I know my fans will enjoy, and the Patreon won't be as motivational for me if I can't use that content as product.

Also also, should the reward levels and goals be changed or in some cases removed entirely? I crave your delicious feedback! :rainbowwild:

Any advice is appreciated, as always. :twilightsmile: Thanks!

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PresentPerfect
Author Interviewer

Now it's more obvious :D

For Patreon, I recommend going with whatever's simplest and easiest for you to fulfill.

You mean, should u count blog posts? I do, but only certain blog posts. You can see what I did, but I won't claim it's the best thing to do.

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Nah, I mean if I post music, video games, or visual artwork (these won't be common). I've tweaked the wording on the page so those aren't obvious, but I have a small warning still present.

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How / where would you post video games?

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I'd make a pay post that includes a link to an executable release on Github when a game is ready for beta testing.

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I'd also like to take this random opportunity to rail on how shitty Arial is as a font, as illustrated by the fact that you can't easily tell an italics 'i' from a slash. I've always hated i's that look like lowercase L's. (Note that I had to switch the capitalization just to state that sensibly.)

My default sans-serif font isn't Arial: it's Verdana. But the system here refuses to use my browser's default font—it explicitly demands Arial. (I also use Georgia rather than Times New Roman for serif.)

4627627 Do not try to adjust your browser. Knighty controls the horizontal. Knighty controls the vertical.

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